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2. He's Like A High School Girl Gone Undercover To Ruin My Life

"Lacy, get your ass out here!" Jace yells through my locked bedroom door. After my embarrassing outburst, Faye and Dan just left giggling while Jace just continued to stare at me in shock.

Fun, right?

Groaning, I give up and throw my pile of blouses down on the bed. Does he have to interrupt unpacking time? I was on a roll. Key word: was.

"What in the bloody hell do you want now Mr. Prick?" I grumble, plopping down on the sofa next to the armchair he's sitting on. Once again, amazement strikes me when I realize how amazingly soft the chairs are and how pretty the decor in the penthouse is. Ugh, stop, Lacy, you're mentally boosting his ego.

"Well, if you're going to be living here, there's a few rules we have to go over," he smirks, leaning closer to me. I scrunch up my nose and wave my hand, gesturing him to continue. "One, just because we're roommates does not mean we will discuss," he makes a sour face, "feelings."

"Amen to that," I nod, "feelings are useless, disturbing, and highly cliche. We will avoid that." Jace looks surprised, as if expecting a different answer. "What?" I ask, eyes widening.

He shakes his head and chuckles softly.

"Are you trying to classify me as a stereotypical girl?" I roll my eyes, disgusted. "Did Faye and Dan tell you anything about me?"

"No, except for the fact that you're weird and oh," he smirks, looking at me right in the eye, "that you're only nineteen and a virgin everything."

"What?" I scream, standing up. "They told you about my- me? What else did they say?"

"Nothing extreme," his smirk telling me otherwise.

"That's it, Faye and Dan, you are so, so dead," I start, ready to storm out of our part of the penthouse and break down the door on the opposite side.

"Oh calm down," he laughs, "I know about how strict your parents are and how they don't let you do anything. My parents were like that too. You just have to be ready to defy them, that's all."

At the sound of the word "parents", my face drops. After the stunt I pulled leaving home, they probably disowned me.

Jace seems to notice the sudden mood change and clears his throat. "That will help us avoid the whole falling in love part. Alright?" I nod, all humor gone.

"The second rule, you are never allowed to go into my room. Never."

"Why?" I whine, pouting.

"Number three," he continues, ignoring me. "Don't talk to me, we're not friends. We will go about our lives ignoring each other. Oh, and here is the list of your money input stuff. We have a maid so that makes everything except for cooking and washing dishes out of the cursed chores list. Plus, never lock the doors unless you're in here alone. Dan and Faye like to pop in a lot." he hands me the stapled sheets and gets up, walking away to his room. "By the way, you're making dinner tonight, you're welcome." he turns to look back at me and smirks.

"Worst gay best friend ever," I mumble, glaring at his retreating back.

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"Here's the situation, been to every nation, nobody's ever made me feel the way that you do. You know my motivation, given my reputation. Please excuse me, I don't mean to be rude," I sing loudly, dancing to the beat in my head while flipping the pancakes I was making for dinner.

"But tonight I'm lovin' you," Jace smirks, "so you're that kind of a girl. Quite daring for a virgin."

I glare at him, "you're getting no pancakes tonight."

"I don't any of your crap pancakes," he chuckles Iightly, sliding closer to me until we're touching. I want to back away from him, but that will mean touching the hot stove. No thanks. Plus, I didn't want him to think I'm scared of him, even though I am.

"Tonight I'm gonna do, everything that I want with you. Everythin' that you need, everything that you want I wanna honey, I wanna stunt with you, from the window, to the wall, gonna give you my all," he whispers in my ear, hands clutching my own. His eyes dancing on every part of my body, making all the oxygen explode in my head.

You know, his musky scent really isn't helping my consciousness right now.

"Winter and summertime, when I get on the springs, Imma make you fall. You got that body, that make me wanna get on the boat, just to see you dance. And I love the way you shake that ass, turn around and let me see them pants. You stuck with me, I'm stuck with you; let's find something to do,"

My jaw drops ten feet below. He raps? Is there anything else about him I should know?

"Pancakes burning, sorry Mr. Fantastic, you going to have to move."

He backs away, amused while I flinch at how shaky my voice sounds.

This is fan-fucking-tastic.

"Lacy! Are you making pancakes? Oh my gosh, we're so lucky." Faye yells, bursting through the doors. "Thank God you didn't order Chinese, Dan." she gracefully slides into the coffee barstools, smiling at Jace and I. "What's wrong?"

"Jace, do not tell me you already stole her first kiss, I told you she's not that type of girl!" Dan shouts, "how could you do this to her? It's only day one! Man, sometimes I think you're a real asshole."

"We didn't do anything," Jace answers, humored, but in a tortured Italian artist way, "but it's nice to know what you think of me."

"Aca-awkward," I bite my lip while they all stare at me, annoyed. "I'm sorry! I really like movies, ok?"

No response.

"Pancakes!" I shout, flipping them onto different dishes, trying to diverge the attention. "Here, for you!" I shove the plate into Dan's arms, picking up the top piece and thrusting it into his mouth. "Delicious, I know, now shut up." I do the same for Faye and Jace while they all gawk at me, shocked.

"It was just really awkward..." I trail off, unsure.

"Lacy Wells, you're really something." Jace chuckles and takes a bite of my pancakes. When I see his eyes widen in surprise, I proudly smile. My pancakes were always considered the best back in-

"Fuck!" Jace spits my precious pancakes back out. "What the fuck did you put in these pancakes Lacy?"

"Um..." I struggle to explain, remembering my little revenge plot, "I think I may have uh, added more salt to the batter because uh-"

"Because I was going to eat them?" he raises his eyebrows. Dammit, I've been living with him for less than a day and he already knows what I'm thinking. That little creep.

"I have back up ramen?" I grin sheepishly, pointing to the pot.

"How perfect!" Faye and Danny share a smile.

"But you both hate ramen," I frown, crossing my arms. Surely, their taste hasn't change that much within the time we haven't been together.

"But Jace loves it!" Faye claps her hands. Oh no, I see where this is going now. "It's like fate, I'm so glad we made you-"

"FAYE. I STILL HAVEN'T FORGIVEN YOU. Don't you dare try to set us up. I mean, look at him, that is the face of a devil's spawn waiting to explode from his humane demeanor and suck your soul away to the depths of-"

Suddenly, something wet with a slight vanilla scent is on my face. Did he just throw pancake batter on my... face?

"Whoops," he smiles and wipes his hands on the towel by the sink. As he leans down, I grab the bowl and start flicking batter on his clothes. As he looks up, the last decent amount of batter flies from my hands and lands right on top on his precious locks.

"Whoops," I smirk. "and no more batter too." I put up the empty bowl for him to see.

"Ah, my Lacy, but there is," he reaches behind and cracks an egg on my head, "this."

"Jace Castillo! I. Just. Showered. This. Morning." I grind my teeth together, thinking about he just very well ruined my plans for unpacking my things tonight. Suddenly, the air in front of becomes cloudy.

Coughing, white powder puffs right out of my mouth.

"Jace!" I scream. Flour and eggs? This jerk is taking food masks for my hair on a whole different level. "I'm going to freaking kill you! Or better yet, I'll find everything you love and cut it up until all you see are shards of sadness and tears!"

Somehow he doesn't look very intimidated.

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After a rather messy kitchen fight, Faye and Dan left for their beloved Chinese takeout. After my shower, I call Jace from his room to eat, "Jace! Get your fat, lazy ass out here! The ramen is done and unless you want your noodles to be mushy, don't come out!"

He walks out, freshly out of the shower and perfectly untainted by my insults. Oh wait, waaait...

Is he shirtless?

"Put the pot in the middle of that table and grab two bowls. We'll be eating this the proper way." he smirks and grabs some chopsticks. "I'm sure you're able to use this, right?"

"Of course," I huff while setting the bowls down on the very low table on the opposite side of each bowl. When Jace sits cross-legged, I realize that he's planning to eat the noodles the way they do in those Korean dramas.

Oh, you know what I'm talking about. Don't pretend you haven't watched Boys Over Flowers and cried over Lee Min Ho's absolute perfection. I mean, what?

I join him on the floor with the very low glass coffee table separating our bodies. Silently, we sip and eat our noodles. Even sitting down, his abs are perfectly defined. Does this boy not have one ounce of fat on his body?

"So, did you want me to take your virginity or?"

This is what I have to live with everyday? Someone pray for me.

Please?

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I know it's been a year since I've updated. Honestly, I can give you so many excuses.

1. I ran out of inspiration

2. I'm in this really prestigious high school (seriously no joke, the place is a fucking prison for teens- pardon my french) and I lost all my friends going to this school and basically made no real close friends. GUYS. I HAVE NO FRIENDS. SERIOUSLY. SKDNKGKNSWLRKNGWL. And literally school work is way too much and this IB curriculum is killing me.

Believe it or not, but that's literally been my life. I would love to get TBBTB back up and running again because I miss writing so darn much. You guys all inspired me to come back and give it another go. Thanks for your support and not giving up on me. Those of you who waited for a year, damn, I'll send you chocolates and teddy bears via owls, okay? c:

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pauly